I hear you I've run the gauntlet on poor broke tramp to a 40 lbs box of gaskets to sort through when needed . I just balance the amount of work & how big a mess it makes outa the bike plus how long we tend to let it go before we will fix something by how much the the good stuff will cost to do it once and have done with it . I haunt Ebay for the gaskets you can get just the ones you need instead of complete sets reasonable if you watch regular I'm all about cheap too , got a lot mooching broke *** buddies .

 

The way I see it why replace a gasket or whatever if you can make it work. Yea its a bother sometimes bieng the wrench in the group too!